Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
KOLKATA: A techno-legal expert committee commissioned by civil society platform Sabuj Mancha to examine a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, raising the sound limit for fire crackers from 90 dB to 125 dB has recommended even stricter norms citing increase in population density over the past two decades. Sabuj Mancha …
The KSRTC and city buses are contributing to noise pollution in the city by using air horns that do not conform to the standards prescribed for ambient air quality in respect of noise. Not a single horn fitted in the 100 KSRTC and city buses, checked on Monday, conformed to …
Kulgaon-Badlapur, Ambernath municipal councils told to deposit Rs 5 cr each. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to deposit Rs 15 crore and the Kulgaon-Badlapur and Ambernath municipal councils to deposit Rs 5 crore each with the divisional commissioner within six weeks for the …
Area likely to be declared biodiversity heritage site PANJIM: It’s once again a ‘no’ from the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) to the proposed marina project at Sancoale. The area is expected to be declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) to curtail environment unfriendly projects. A fresh site inspection by …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs. 2 lakh each on 11 stone crushing units in Faridabad district for their failure to create green belt around their structures since they started in 1992. The stone crushers have started planting saplings only recently. The Green Bench of …
India's technology hub, that had become an international byword for outsourcing, is gasping for fresh air as high vehicular emissions, increasing industrial fumes and rising dust from construction activities are polluting its atmosphere and harming its 10 million denizens. Once known to be a pensioners' paradise for its salubrious climate …
PANAJI: If the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB), while granting 'consent to operate' accepts the recommendation of the technical advisory committee (TAC), then mining companies which have not obtained forest clearances may not be allowed to carry out mining activities in forest areas. TAC has identified around 13 mining …
Srinaga: With most brick kilns in the Kashmir Valley not implementing the measures specified for minimizing pollution levels, the areas where they operate are virtually facing an environmental catastrophe, affected citizens and at least one prominent doctor have said. Like other areas in the vicinity of these brick kilns, their …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued notices to around 85 hospitals, including the government-run General Hospital in Sector 10, for neither applying for authorization to dispose of biomedical waste (BMW) nor following disposal norms. While the General Hospital was served a show-cause notice, the others, including big …
GURGAON: Residents will be able to check the levels of pollutants released by the grossly polluting industries (GPIs) in the city online from this September. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has decided to digitalize the monitoring of pollutants released in air and in water by GPIs in the …
HARIDWAR: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday imposed a complete ban on plastic bags in the pilgrimage towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh and fixed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on anyone found violating the order. The NGT's order came on a complaint filed by environmentalist M C Mehta against pollution …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone bench), on Wednesday, directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to demolish a four-storied building at Gadkhali in the Sundarbans that is nearing completion. The order was passed after authorities in West Bengal failed to take steps to stop the …
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the police to initiate action against religious institutions using loudspeakers in violation of norms. Hearing a PIL, a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna directed the police to …
Gujarat high court (HC) on Wednesday issued notice to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), food and drug control commissioner, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and the civic body over a petition alleging that a private company misbrands bottled drinking water as mineral water. Petitioner Ashoksinh Rajput has alleged that a …
Decision on granting the Consent to Operate will be taken during the GSPCB meet scheduled on July 10 PANJIM: Mining companies, representing 61 iron ore mining leases, have made detailed presentations to Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) explaining how they intend to take care of air and water pollution …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said on Wednesday none of the 85 hospitals in the city have applied for authorization for disposing of biomedical waste (BMW). This includes the government-run General Hospital in Sector 10. "None of the city hospitals, including a government one, follow our biomedical waste …
NAGPUR: For the last one year, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has faced the ire of National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for its failure to treat all the garbage collected from the city. Now, its garbage treatment plant has been shut for the last one …
LUCKNOW: Calling for public participation in its drive to reduce pollution, Union environment ministry said on Tuesday it was committed to taking steps to control pollution. Speaking about the measures taken to monitor pollution, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar said the Central …
The Madras High Court today directed the TN Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to take action on plea against a private power plant in Pandarapalli village in Krishnagiri district alleging that the plant is causing air, water and noise pollution in the area. The First Bench of Chief Justice SK Kaul …
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the state government and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board for their "inaction" against a company which has been allegedly polluting wells, farmland and the Sukhna river since long. According to the petition filed by Vaishnaw Rameshwar and Atmaram …
